Establishing a pattern

"The mere fact that we find blood where there should be no
blood in the defendant's car, in his house, in the driveway
and even on the socks in his very bedroom at the foot of his
bed, that trail of blood from (the crime scene) through his
own Ford Bronco into his house at Rockingham is devastating
proof of his guilt," prosecutor Marcia Clark said.

The prosecution's most damaging evidence appeared to be a
trail of blood leading away from the murder scene and a pair
of blood-stained gloves, one found near the bodies at 875 South Bundy Drive, the other at Simpson's estate. But what could have been Simpson's motive to kill?

The answer might be in a call for help, the prosecution said.
The prosecution began its case with Nicole Brown Simpson's
call for police to come to the couple's home in January of
1989.

"She ran across and collapsed on the speaker, the identical
of a speaker post on the inside of the gate. She collapsed
on it and started yelling, 'He's going to kill me, He's going
to kill me,'" testified detective John Edwards of the Los
Angeles Police Department.

The prosecution hoped to establish a pattern of abuse and
obsessive behavior. Nicole Brown Simpson's sister took the
stand and talked about a particular evening in Simpson's
Brentwood home. "He grabbed Nicole and told her to get out
of his house, he wanted us all out of his house," Denise Brown said, choking back tears. "He picked her up and threw her against the wall. He picked her up and threw her out of the house. She ended up on her ... she ended up falling. She ended up on her elbows and on her butt (238K AIFF sound or 238K WAV sound)."

A timeline for murder

Hours before the murders, Simpson attended his youngest
daughter's dance recital. Nicole Brown Simpson was also
there, and some of her friends described an O.J. Simpson they
had not seen before.

"It was almost like he was simmering. I mean he just, it
was, it is hard to describe. He just, when he stared at me,
I felt like he was looking right through me and it scared me
a little bit," testified Candace Garvey, Nicole's friend.

Hours later, Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman were
repeatedly stabbed to death in front of Nicole Brown
Simpson's condominium. Blood was everywhere, and there was a
trail that led away from the bodies toward the rear of the
condo and on the back gate.

A ski cap was found near the bodies along with a glove. The
glove's match was found at Simpson's estate by detective
Mark Fuhrman.

Marcia Clark questioned the detective about that important
find. "Could you tell whether that was a right- or
left-handed glove when you looked at it at that time?"

"It appeared to be a right-handed glove," Fuhrman said.

"What significance did you attach to it when you saw it, if
any?"

"Well, it looked similar to the glove at the Bundy scene,"
Fuhrman replied.

Later in the trial, the prosecution began to distance itself
from Fuhrman after being forced to admit he used racist slurs
and lied about it on the witness stand.